An Alzheimer’s Surprise Party: Unveiling the Mystery, Inner Experience, and Gifts of Dementia ~ NEW BOOK
ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION RECOMMENDED RESOURCE
ANNOUNCING OUR NEW EDITION
In An Alzheimer’s Surprise Party researchers Tom Richards and Stan Tomandl propose that people with Alzheimer’s dementia are not spiraling downward into “mindless pathology” as commonly believed, but are human beings in deep inner states of consciousness, parallel realities, that may reveal important and meaningful experiences for them, their families, and for society.
By applying new sentient communication skills and meticulously documenting their twenty …
States of Altered Consciousness
States of altered consciousness in regard to palliative, aging, and end of life processes include states of forgetfulness, confusion, high drama, agitation, aggressive behavior, delirium, dementia, and other remote states. Applying Sentient Care to these states helps shed light on their mysterious nature making them more useful and less intimidating to patients, family members, friends, caregivers, and the community.
For patients and care facility residents this means the opportunity of knowing …
The Healing Power of Awareness ~ NEW RELEASE
How to Recover Faster and Less Painfully Using Sentient Awareness
This new book demonstrates the healing power of sentient awareness when applied in concert with surgical procedures and rehabilitation. The benefits to patients often include faster recovery, diminished pain, and reduced chance of relapse or recurrence.
Tom’s new book has an “Ah Ha!” quality to it that can inspire people to just step into the unexplor- ed a bit further and deeper. …
Interview with Tom Richards, co-author of An Alzheimer’s Surprise Party
Question: Alzheimer’s disease is devastating for individuals, caregivers, and families. What message does your research have for these folks?
“Our research explores the mystery, and dispels the stigma, of Alzheimer’s dementia by revealing its potential for meaningful communication, intimate relationship, and spiritual healing. We offer hope and meaning in the midst of one of life’s scariest and most difficult processes.”
Question: How do you do that? How do you work with …
An Alzheimer’s Surprise Party Prequel ~ New Volume II ~ Focusing on the Early and Intermediate Stages
ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION RECOMMENDED RESOURCE
ANNOUNCING OUR NEW SECOND VOLUME
This second volume, “AN ALZHEIMER’S SURPRISE PARTY PREQUEL”, helps families and professional caregivers hone acute observation skills which aid compassionate awareness of patients’ inner experience of dementia. Researchers Tom Richards and Stan Tomandl present a profound example of an Alzheimer’s patient working on himself psychologically, and communicating in meaningful ways with family and friends. They demonstrate outcomes that include psychological, soulful, and spiritual …
Classes & News from Stan Tomandl & Ann Jacob
2016 – 2017 Trainings with Ann Jacob and Stan Tomandl
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Anamacara — End of Life
September 2016 – May 2017
We teach this international course with Marlis Beier, MD + Kevin Dieter, MD
Registration: Sacred Art of Living Center. Maryhelen. 541.383.4179
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Grief and Growth through End of Life Transition
September, October, November 2016
Internationally available monthly telephone conference training + supervision class
Registration: Process Work …
Eldership and Advocacy in Palliative Care
ELDERSHIP AND ADVOCACY:
Exploring Personal Barriers
to Social Action and Spiritual Healing
in Palliative Care Situations
Presented by Tom Richards
International Association of Process Oriented Psychology
IAPOP 2010 Conference
Description of Transcript
This Process Work research paper inspires eldership and practical advocacy in senior care situations and institutions; chronicling facilitation experiences, dilemmas, ghost roles, breakthroughs, and practical recommendations. Personal barriers may include:
●working with a senior on a symptom, relationship issue, or deep inner state of consciousness …
From our readers of “An Alzheimer’s Surprise Party”
“I bought one copy of your book and am so impressed that I am now buying ten copies so that I may have copies available to family members of persons with dementia, and am also going to give copies to the geriatric psych unit, of which I am the medical director, and to the two long term care facilities, of which I am the medical director. Thank you for writing such …
continue readingTraining Resource ~ An Alzheimer’s Surprise Party
“Speaking as a professional psychologist, teacher, and trainer, I highly recommend An Alzheimer’s Surprise Party as an exceptional training tool not only for professionals, but also for family members, friends and caregivers.
It is exceptional because Tom and Stan have made it interactive. They do not simply present abstract psychological concepts, but develop detailed reality based personal experiences enhanced with clear concise observations, structure, and …
Ten Near Death and Coma Work Tips for Helpers and Family
Some of the tips we provide below may be useful for helpers and family who ponder what to do in end of life states. Follow these tips if they are useful, but please don’t use these suggestions as commandments.
Please value feeling skills or meta-skills (feeling attitudes that you bring with your deeply centered presence) as much as skills.
There are no firm procedures and may never be any fixed rules in …
